The Detail Of Admonitions

Cai Guo-Qiang In 1957 Cai Guo-Qiang was born and raised in Quanzhou City, China. He currently both works and lives in New York City. Cai's works of art started when he studied stage design at the Shanghai Drama Institute. Cai then traveled his was to Long Island City, where he attended a National and International Studio Program for art. “While living in Japan from 1986 to 1995, he explored the properties of gunpowder in his drawings, leading to the development of his signature explosion events”(PBS,2005). From using all different materials from there on out, Cai began using gunpowder as one of his everyday media. Cai's work is drawn on many different materials, narratives and traditions. While creating work he uses elements such as roller coasters, computers, vending machines, and gunpowder. An example that he has used recently was the September 11, 2001 tragedy. Over his time he asked a question, “ why is it important to make these
This difference comes with the detail that is within the setting. The painting Heritage created a scene where there was nothing in the back ground nor the foreground except for white. Where as within The Detail of Admonitions of the Imperial Instructress was very thorough and in depth, Kaizhi created a lot of detail so that the viewer could observe movement. For example, this was shown in the detail of Lady Feng's dress. By using the scarves flowing he was able to create the illusion of Lady Feng moving forward. Comparing these two artists we were able to see that one left their setting up to more of a guess and the other did not. Cai left his set up to more of a prediction which allowed the viewer to be more emotionally involved. I believe this to be true because in the painting of Heritage we are given a blank slate that we were able to fill in with our wants and